Grants from Salientes Foundation
In context
This call is open to non-profits, registered charities and community groups. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Switzerland. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
Salientes Foundation, a Swiss foundation, provides discretionary grants for charitable and public-benefit projects in people (humanitarian and health aid, children and women), environment (biodiversity, wild birds), and visual arts. It favours small, volunteer-driven organisations and does not fund individuals, large public fundraisers, or public administration.
About this grant
Stiftung Salientes was established in 2014 and provides grants for charitable and public-benefit purposes to private individuals and institutions at the discretion of the foundation council. The foundation supports projects in three main areas: People (including medical and humanitarian aid for people in need and victims of disasters and conflicts, protection of human life health and dignity, and improvement of living conditions for children and women); Environment (including protection of biodiversity and ecosystems, halting global environmental destruction, and research and protection of wild birds); and Culture (particularly visual arts). The foundation favours projects from small organisations with high personal and volunteer commitment and explicitly excludes direct aid to private individuals, large organisations engaged in public fundraising, institutions of public administration, and non-Swiss resident organisations.
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Eligibility
Applicants must be Swiss-based charitable or non-profit organisations (not public institutions, large organisations with frequent public fundraising, or organisations with commission-based fundraising). Organisations must be non-commercial and non-political. Private individuals may only apply through official intermediaries such as social services, debt counselling, or child protection authorities. The foundation does not support direct aid to private individuals, thesis work, festivals without charitable purpose, conferences, workshops, medical projects, music projects, neighbourhood assistance, pandemic-related projects, scholarships or study trips, tourism projects, or projects with commercial aims.
How it's scored
Applications are evaluated by the foundation council at their discretion based on alignment with the foundation's priorities in the areas of people, environment, and culture. The council particularly favours projects from small organisations demonstrating high personal and volunteer engagement. Specific exclusion criteria are clearly defined to screen out ineligible project types and applicant organisations.
Key requirements
- ✓Applicant must be a Swiss-resident organisation; non-Swiss organisations are excluded
- ✓Direct aid to private individuals and large organisations engaged in public fundraising are excluded
- ✓Favours small organisations with high personal and volunteer commitment; grants are at the discretion of the foundation council
Funder contact
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Grants from Salientes Foundation?
- Eligibility covers organisations in CH; nonprofit, charity, community-group. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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How this compares
- Compared with 7 similar grants (biodiversity in Switzerland) listed in the last 12 months.
- This is the only similar grant from this organisation listed here in the last 12 months.
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About this sector
Biodiversity funding backs habitat restoration, species protection, protected areas and nature-positive business. It comes from environment agencies, multilateral nature funds and conservation philanthropy, often through competitive calls with defined regions. Applicants are usually asked for baseline surveys, local partners and indicators that show ecological change.
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